International Conference and Workshop “Extracellular Vesicles in Immuno-oncology, Medical Diagnostics and Therapy” 30-31 May 2022

Monday – 30th May – Lectures

Venue

Main Hall 5.63, University Dental Centre MUW

Description of the event

We have the pleasure to invite scientific staff and young researchers (students, PhD students and postdoctoral scholars) to the conference on the role of extracellular vesicles in immuno-oncology and their use in medical diagnostics and therapy, organized as part of Project EVIONA financed by the National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA) under the International Academic Partnerships programme. The leading experts in research into extracellular vesicles will summarize the current knowledge about extracellular vesicles in the form of lectures and will present the results of their research.

Presentations will be delivered by:

·  Prof. Theresa L. Whiteside, University of Pittsburgh, USA

·  Prof. Wei Guo, University of Pennsylvania, USA

·   Prof. Tony Ng, King’s College London, Great Britain

·  Prof. Bernd Giebel, Duisburg-Essen University, Germany

·  Prof. Janusz Rak, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Tuesday – 31st May – Workshop "Novel Methods of Isolation of Extracellular Vesicles and Their Characterization" 

*(only young researchers: students, PhD students)

Venue

Seminar Room 5.60, MUW Stomatology Centre

Description of the Event

We have the pleasure to invite young researchers (students, PhD students) to the workshop: “Novel Methods of Isolation of Extracellular Vesicles and Their Characterization” on modern methods of isolation of extracellular vesicles and their characterization. Specialists from the companies: Izon and Particle Metrix will present their equipment for isolation and characterization of extracellular vesicles and will conduct demonstrative workshop. The workshop will consist of two parts – A and B. Registration for each part of the workshop is carried out separately. Persons making a registration for both parts of the workshop have priority of registration. 

Registration

In order to register for the lectures and/or the workshop, you should fill in the registration form available under this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfSam1bTUy01LCnMbrnakaEPiozU3oAPJTqEPaCgGusHT8j6w/viewform

Registration is obligatory. Number of participants is limited.
Detailed information: https://eviona.wum.edu.pl/node/104
Contact for organization issues: eviona@wum.edu.pl

Patronage

HM Rector of MUW - Prof. Zbigniew Gaciong

Organizer

Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, MUW